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Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

for

Bio Collectors Limited

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Report of the Directors 2

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Income Statement 7

Other Comprehensive Income 8

Balance Sheet 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 10

Notes to the Financial Statements 11


Bio Collectors Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025







DIRECTORS: S J Matthews
S J A Blackburn





REGISTERED OFFICE: 10 Osier Way
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 4NF





REGISTERED NUMBER: 07043206 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Hardcastle Burton LLP
Lake House
Market Hill
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 9JN

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of food waste management.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 March 2025.

DIRECTORS
J B Williams has held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

S J Matthews - appointed 20 July 2024
C Gregory - resigned 20 December 2024
C Holmes - resigned 19 July 2024

S J A Blackburn was appointed as a director after 31 March 2025 but prior to the date of this report.

S Trivellato and J B Williams ceased to be directors after 31 March 2025 but prior to the date of this report.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025


AUDITORS
The auditors, Hardcastle Burton LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:



S J Matthews - Director


21 May 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Bio Collectors Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Bio Collectors Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Bio Collectors Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach was as follows:-

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the company and determined that the most significant frameworks which are directly relevant to specific assertions in the financial statements are those that related to the reporting framework (FRS 102 and Companies Act 2006) and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the jurisdictions that the company operates.

In addition, we concluded that there are certain significant laws and regulations which may have an effect on the determination of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements being those relating to the environment and occupational health and safety.

We obtained an understanding to how the company is complying with those frameworks by making enquiries of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We corroborated our enquiries through our review of Board minutes and any correspondence received from regulatory bodies.

We assessed the susceptivity of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur by meeting with management from various parts of the business to understand the systems and controls of the company.

Based on our understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations identified in the paragraphs above. Our procedures involved; journal entry testing; focusing on manual journals and journals indicating large or unusual transactions based on our understanding of the business; enquiries of management and focused testing in relation to revenue and management override.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Bio Collectors Limited


Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Kristi Johnson ACA CTA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Hardcastle Burton LLP
Lake House
Market Hill
Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 9JN

21 May 2026

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 4,669,607 6,601,464

Cost of sales 4,727,550 6,221,926
GROSS (LOSS)/PROFIT (57,943 ) 379,538

Administrative expenses 378,293 420,242
(436,236 ) (40,704 )

Other operating income 485 4,942
OPERATING LOSS 5 (435,751 ) (35,762 )

Interest receivable and similar income 1,815 4,036
(433,936 ) (31,726 )

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 62,608 29,077
LOSS BEFORE TAXATION (496,544 ) (60,803 )

Tax on loss 7 (152,003 ) 117,307
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (344,541 ) (178,110 )

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Other Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
Notes £    £   

LOSS FOR THE YEAR (344,541 ) (178,110 )


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

(344,541

)

(178,110

)
Note
Prior year adjustment 8 (96,641 ) (9,768 )
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT

(441,182

)

(187,878

)

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2025

31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 9 1,674,404 1,597,833

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 10 23,585 24,145
Debtors 11 990,233 928,957
Cash at bank 121,010 173,084
1,134,828 1,126,186
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 12 1,714,886 1,050,626
NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS (580,058 ) 75,560
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,094,346

1,673,393

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

13

(547,794

)

(630,297

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 15 (179,882 ) (331,885 )
NET ASSETS 366,670 711,211

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 100 100
Retained earnings 17 366,570 711,111
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 366,670 711,211

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 21 May 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





S J Matthews - Director


Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 October 2022 100 898,989 899,089
Prior year adjustment - (9,768 ) (9,768 )
As restated 100 889,221 889,321

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (81,469 ) (81,469 )
Balance at 31 March 2024 100 807,752 807,852
Prior year adjustment - (96,641 ) (96,641 )
As restated 100 711,111 711,211

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (344,541 ) (344,541 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 100 366,570 366,670

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Bio Collectors Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The balance sheet at 31 March 2025 show net current liabilities of £580,058 (2024: net current assets £75,561). The directors have reviewed the projections for the next 12 months and can confirm that positive cash flows are expected.

Furthermore, the directors have received written confirmation from the ultimate controlling party, Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (UK) Ltd, that they will provide financial support to enable the company to meet its liabilities and continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Based on this confirmation, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

Significant judgements and estimates
In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors Residual value assessments consider issues such as the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

Stock provisions
Stock provisions are estimated by the company in respect of specific stock lines based upon fair wear and tear of the items and any known issues.

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Turnover
Turnover represents the amount derived from the provision of services and the sale of materials which fall within the company’s principal activities, being the collection and sale of food waste, carried out entirely within the United Kingdom. Turnover is stated net of value added tax and after deducting trade discounts and any other sales incentives. The fair value of the consideration received or receivable takes into account any trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume-related rebates where applicable.

Income from food waste collection services is recognised either when the food waste is collected from the customer or when the waste container is exchanged, depending on the contractual terms in place and the point at which control of the waste passes to the company. Income from the sale of collected food waste is recognised when legal title and control of the waste is transferred by the company to the anaerobic digestion plant, which is typically upon delivery and acceptance of the food waste by the AD operator. Where food waste is collected from a customer and transferred by the company to a third-party treatment or processing facility, revenue is recognised when control of the waste passes from the company to that third party in accordance with the relevant contractual arrangements.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Plant and machinery - 15% on reducing balance and Straight line over 10 years

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Stocks
Stock is stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Stock comprises consumable items including diesel fuel and bin bags held for use in the business. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis and includes all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing the stock to its present location and condition.

Consumable stock is recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account in the period in which it is used. Provision is made where necessary for slow-moving, obsolete or damaged items to reduce stock to its net realisable value.

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset. with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not
amortised.

Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Comparatives
The comparative period figures relate to the 18-month period ended 31 March 2024 and are therefore not directly comparable with the current period.

Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and loss before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Collections 2,784,878 3,704,732
Tipping 224,450 319,212
Waste sales 1,660,279 2,577,520
4,669,607 6,601,464

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Wages and salaries 1,808,698 2,272,567
Social security costs 194,502 255,641
Other pension costs 30,939 44,777
2,034,139 2,572,985

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated

Administrative 3 2
Operations 34 31
37 33

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 223,791 131,929
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 991 991

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 1 1

Information regarding the highest paid director for the year ended 31 March 2025 is as follows:


Year Ended
31.3.25

£   
Emoluments etc 223,791
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 991

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

5. OPERATING LOSS

The operating loss is stated after charging:

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 261,991 431,716
Other operating leases 73,030 129,737
Depreciation - owned assets 273,572 308,455
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 18,382
Auditors' remuneration 26,302 17,075

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Other interest 4,033 -
Hire purchase 58,575 29,077
62,608 29,077

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax (credit)/charge
The tax (credit)/charge on the loss for the year was as follows:
Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Deferred tax (152,003 ) 117,307
Tax on loss (152,003 ) 117,307

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

7. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax (credit)/charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

Period
1.10.22
Year Ended to
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Loss before tax (496,544 ) (60,803 )
Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2024 - 25%)

(124,136

)

(15,201

)

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 2,145 5,165
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods (30,567 ) -
Group relief - 77,001
Enhanced capital allowances - (647 )
Deferred tax not provided 555 50,989
Total tax (credit)/charge (152,003 ) 117,307

Factors affecting tax charge for the year

The company has taxable losses of £803,661 (2024: £203,956) which are to be carried forward and used against trading profits in future years.

8. PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT

During the year, the directors reconsidered their accounting policy in respect of wheelie bins previously treated as stock. It was concluded that it is more appropriate to recognise these assets within tangible fixed assets. Accordingly, the comparative figures have been restated, resulting in an increase in tangible fixed assets of £101,278 and a corresponding decrease in closing stock by the same amount. This reclassification has had no impact on retained earnings. The wheelie bins have been depreciated in accordance with the revised accounting treatment, and a prior year adjustment of £19,742 has been recognised to account for the depreciation brought forward, resulting in a corresponding reduction in retained earnings.

In addition, the directors identified an error in the closing accruals at 31 March 2024, as the wages accrual had been omitted. As a result of this prior period adjustment, accruals have been increased by £76,898, with a corresponding decrease in opening retained earnings.

In the prior year, the company applied the presentation and disclosure exemptions available under Section 1A of FRS 102. However, the company did not qualify for these exemptions. The current year financial statements have therefore been prepared in accordance with full FRS 102.

Comparative information for the year ended 31 March 2024 has been restated to conform with the presentation and disclosure requirements of full FRS 102. There has been no impact on the recognition or measurement of assets, liabilities, income or expenses.

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
£   
COST
At 1 April 2024 2,870,327
Additions 350,143
At 31 March 2025 3,220,470
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 1,272,494
Charge for year 273,572
At 31 March 2025 1,546,066
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 1,674,404
At 31 March 2024 1,597,833

The net carrying value of tangible fixed assets totals £1,410,678 (2024: £1,338,526) in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts.

10. STOCKS
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Stocks 23,585 24,145

11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Trade debtors 557,273 516,267
Amounts owed by group undertakings 198,382 180,632
Other debtors 33,231 43,214
Tax 2,900 2,900
Prepayments and accrued income 198,447 185,944
990,233 928,957

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) 354,670 276,866
Trade creditors 442,915 554,570
Amounts owed to group undertakings 569,691 -
Social security and other taxes 43,935 73,720
VAT 48,709 -
Other creditors 6,444 9,115
Accruals and deferred income 248,522 136,355
1,714,886 1,050,626

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR - continued

Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts are secured by fixed charges on the assets concerned.

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) 547,794 630,297

Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts are secured by fixed charges on the assets concerned.

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase
contracts
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 354,670 276,866
Between one and five years 547,794 630,297
902,464 907,163

Non-cancellable
operating leases
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Within one year 120,936 118,565
Between one and five years 616,538 614,166
In more than five years 369,923 493,230
1,107,397 1,225,961

Financial commitments are in respect of operating leases for future rent due on the property.

15. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31.3.25 31.3.24
as restated
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 381,485 331,885
Tax losses carried forward (200,916 ) -
Other timing differences (687 ) -
179,882 331,885

Bio Collectors Limited (Registered number: 07043206)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

15. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2024 331,885
Provided during year (152,003 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 179,882

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31.3.25 31.3.24
value: as restated
£    £   
100 Ordinary 1 100 100

17. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2024 807,752
Prior year adjustment (96,641 )
711,111
Deficit for the year (344,541 )
At 31 March 2025 366,570

18. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The ultimate controlling party is Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (UK) Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

The company's immediate parent is Bio Collectors Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

The ultimate parent is Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Limited, incorporated in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

The parent of the smallest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Bio Collectors Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The address of Bio Collectors Holdings Limited is: 10 Osier Way, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4NF.

19. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned members of the group.